Verse 22
Wherefore I saw{H7200} that there is nothing better,{H2896} than that a man{H120} should rejoice{H8055} in his works;{H4639} for that is his portion:{H2506} for who shall bring{H935} him [back] to see{H7200} what shall be after{H310} him?
Referenced Verses
- Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knoweth{H3045} what is good{H2896} for man{H120} in [his] life,{H2416} all{H4557} the days{H3117} of his vain{H1892} life{H2416} which he spendeth{H6213} as a shadow?{H6738} for who can tell{H5046} a man{H120} what shall be after{H310} him under the sun?{H8121}
- Eccl 8:7 : 7 for he knoweth{H3045} not that which shall be; for who can tell{H5046} him how it shall be?
- Eccl 10:14 : 14 A fool{H5530} also multiplieth{H7235} words:{H1697} [yet] man{H120} knoweth{H3045} not what shall be; and that which shall be after{H310} him, who can tell{H5046} him?
- Eccl 2:24 : 24 There is nothing better{H2896} for a man{H120} [than] that he should eat{H398} and drink,{H8354} and make his soul{H5315} enjoy{H7200} good{H2896} in his labor.{H5999} This{H2090} also I saw,{H7200} that it is from the hand{H3027} of God.{H430}
- Eccl 3:11-12 : 11 He hath made{H6213} everything beautiful{H3303} in its time:{H6256} also he hath set{H5414} eternity{H5769} in their heart,{H3820} yet so that{H1097} man{H120} cannot find out{H4672} the work{H4639} that{H1097} God{H430} hath done from the beginning{H7218} even to the end.{H5490} 12 I know{H3045} that there is nothing better{H2896} for them, than to rejoice,{H8055} and to do{H6213} good{H2896} so long as they live.{H2416}
- Phil 4:4-5 : 4 Rejoice{G5463} in{G1722} the Lord{G2962} always:{G3842} again{G3825} I will say,{G2046} Rejoice.{G5463} 5 Let{G1097} your{G5216} forbearance{G1933} be known{G1097} unto{G444} all{G3956} men.{G444} The Lord{G2962} is at hand.{G1451}
- Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice,{H8055} O young man,{H970} in thy youth,{H3208} and let thy heart{H3820} cheer{H2895} thee in the days{H3117} of thy youth,{H979} and walk{H1980} in the ways{H1870} of thy heart,{H3820} and in the sight{H4758} of thine eyes;{H5869} but know{H3045} thou, that for all these things God{H430} will bring{H935} thee into judgment.{H4941}
- Dan 12:9-9 : 9 And he said,{H559} Go thy way,{H3212} Daniel;{H1840} for the words{H1697} are shut up{H5640} and sealed{H2856} till the time{H6256} of the end.{H7093} 10 Many{H7227} shall purify{H1305} themselves, and make themselves white,{H3835} and be refined;{H6884} but the wicked{H7563} shall do wickedly;{H7561} and none of the wicked{H7563} shall understand;{H995} but they that are wise{H7919} shall understand.{H995}
- Dan 12:13 : 13 But go thou thy way{H3212} till the end{H7093} be; for thou shalt rest,{H5117} and shalt stand{H5975} in thy lot,{H1486} at the end{H7093} of the days.{H3117}
- Matt 6:34 : 34 Be{G3309} not{G3361} therefore{G3767} anxious{G3309} for{G1519} the morrow:{G839} for{G1063} the morrow{G839} will be anxious{G3309} for{G3588} itself.{G1438} Sufficient{G713} unto the day{G2250} is the evil{G2549} thereof.{G846}
- Rom 12:11-12 : 11 in diligence{G4710} not{G3361} slothful;{G3636} fervent{G2204} in spirit;{G4151} serving{G1398} the Lord;{G2962} 12 rejoicing{G5463} in hope;{G1680} patient{G5278} in tribulation;{G2347} continuing stedfastly{G4342} in prayer;{G4335}
- Eccl 5:18-20 : 18 Behold, that which I have seen{H7200} to be good{H2896} and to be comely{H3303} is for one to eat{H398} and to drink,{H8354} and to enjoy{H7200} good{H2896} in all his labor,{H5999} wherein he laboreth{H5998} under the sun,{H8121} all{H4557} the days{H3117} of his life{H2416} which God{H430} hath given{H5414} him: for this is his portion.{H2506} 19 Every man{H120} also to whom God{H430} hath given{H5414} riches{H6239} and wealth,{H5233} and hath given him power{H7980} to eat{H398} thereof, and to take{H5375} his portion,{H2506} and to rejoice{H8055} in his labor —{H5999} this{H2090} is the gift{H4991} of God.{H430} 20 For he shall not much{H7235} remember{H2142} the days{H3117} of his life;{H2416} because God{H430} answereth{H6031} [him] in the joy{H8057} of his heart.{H3820}
- Eccl 8:15 : 15 Then I commended{H7623} mirth,{H8057} because a man{H120} hath no better thing{H2896} under the sun,{H8121} than to eat,{H398} and to drink,{H8354} and to be joyful:{H8055} for that shall abide{H3867} with him in his labor{H5999} [all] the days{H3117} of his life{H2416} which God{H430} hath given{H5414} him under the sun.{H8121}
- Eccl 9:7-9 : 7 Go thy way,{H3212} eat{H398} thy bread{H3899} with joy,{H8057} and drink{H8354} thy wine{H3196} with a merry{H2896} heart;{H3820} for God{H430} hath already{H3528} accepted{H7521} thy works.{H4639} 8 Let thy garments{H899} be always{H6256} white;{H3836} and let not thy head{H7218} lack{H2637} oil.{H8081} 9 Live{H2416} joyfully{H7200} with the wife{H802} whom thou lovest{H157} all the days{H3117} of thy life{H2416} of vanity,{H1892} which he hath given{H5414} thee under the sun,{H8121} all thy days{H3117} of vanity:{H1892} for that is thy portion{H2506} in life,{H2416} and in thy labor{H5999} wherein thou laborest{H6001} under the sun.{H8121}
- Eccl 9:12 : 12 For man{H120} also knoweth{H3045} not his time:{H6256} as the fishes{H1709} that are taken{H270} in an evil{H7451} net,{H4685} and as the birds{H6833} that are caught{H270} in the snare,{H6341} even so{H1992} are the sons{H1121} of men{H120} snared{H3369} in an evil{H7451} time,{H6256} when it falleth{H5307} suddenly{H6597} upon them.
- Deut 12:7 : 7 and there ye shall eat{H398} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} and ye shall rejoice{H8055} in all that ye put{H4916} your hand{H3027} unto, ye and your households,{H1004} wherein Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath blessed{H1288} thee.
- Deut 12:18 : 18 but thou shalt eat{H398} them before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} in the place{H4725} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose,{H977} thou, and thy son,{H1121} and thy daughter,{H1323} and thy man-servant,{H5650} and thy maid-servant,{H519} and the Levite{H3881} that is within thy gates:{H8179} and thou shalt rejoice{H8055} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} in all that thou puttest{H4916} thy hand{H3027} unto.
- Deut 26:10-11 : 10 And now, behold, I have brought{H935} the first{H6529} of the fruit of the ground,{H127} which thou, O Jehovah,{H3068} hast given{H5414} me. And thou shalt set{H3240} it down before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and worship{H7812} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} thy God:{H430} 11 and thou shalt rejoice{H8055} in all the good{H2896} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath given{H5414} unto thee, and unto thy house,{H1004} thou, and the Levite,{H3881} and the sojourner{H1616} that is in the midst{H7130} of thee.
- Deut 28:47 : 47 Because thou servedst{H5647} not Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} with joyfulness,{H8057} and with gladness{H2898} of heart,{H3824} by reason of the abundance{H7230} of all things;
- Job 14:21 : 21 His sons{H1121} come to honor,{H3513} and he knoweth{H3045} it not; And they are brought low,{H6819} but he perceiveth{H995} it not of them.
- Eccl 2:10-11 : 10 And whatsoever mine eyes{H5869} desired{H7592} I kept{H680} not from them; I withheld{H4513} not my heart{H3820} from any joy;{H8057} for my heart{H3820} rejoiced{H8056} because of all my labor;{H5999} and this was my portion{H2506} from all my labor.{H5999} 11 Then I looked{H6437} on all the works{H4639} that my hands{H3027} had wrought,{H6213} and on the labor{H5999} that I had labored{H5999} to do;{H6213} and, behold, all was vanity{H1892} and a striving{H7469} after wind,{H7307} and there was no profit{H3504} under the sun.{H8121}